2025 Pro Football Finally Opens! What's the 'Young Blood' to Watch?
2025 Pro Football Finally Opens! What's the 'Young Blood' to Watch?
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The 2025 professional soccer season will finally be opened. With the "Hana Bank K League 2025" opening this weekend, who will be the "young blood" to watch ahead of the new season? Although the mood of Dong-A is still raging, here are the "young guns" that will revitalize the Shinchun district of professional soccer
Young blood players, who have already been proven in the K-League, are ready to show their growth to the next level this season. After debuting in the K-League 2 Cheonan last season, Yoon moved to South Jeolla Province through the summer transfer market, and was nominated as a K-League 2 Young Player through a total of 29 games with six goals and one assist. As a result, he will be wearing the uniform of K-League 1 defending champion Ulsan this season, and this time he will challenge himself to become a candidate for K-League 1 Young Player.
Marking his third year as a pro, Jeonbuk has scored one goal and five assists in 31 games during the past two seasons at Incheon, showing off his instinct to attack despite being a defender, and was recognized for his potential as he was surprisingly selected by the A-team last year. This season, Choi will likely be reborn as a next-generation defender who can strengthen both offense and defense in Jeonbuk.
Seo Jae-min, who became a K League 2 Young Player last season, will play in the Seoul E-Land uniform again this season. Seo will take the lead in challenging Seoul E-Land to be promoted this season by banking on his unique smart moves and creative plays.
Promising players who received attention as semi-professional players last season will be reborn as true professionals this season. Kang Joo-hyuk of Seoul showed off his presence by scoring one goal and one assist in 10 matches last season. Kang is committed to bolstering his team by banking on his explosive breakthrough and outstanding finishing skills this season as well.
Jeonbuk Jin Tae-ho won the K4 League title and the K4 League MVP by mainly playing for Jeonbuk B team (currently N team) last season, and played in the Asian stage by scoring two goals and one assist in the 2024-25 ACL2. Jin Tae-ho did not make his K-League debut last season, but his goal is to show a versatile performance in the league this season.
Hong Seong-min of Pohang, the next-generation goalkeeper, has also switched from semi-professional to professional. Hong showed off his outstanding goal kick and sensational defense capabilities in national teams by age, including the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup and U-17 World Cup, and now he wants to continue his performance on the professional stage.
◆ The first homegrown player in the K League...Samuel (Seoul) and Osei (Daegu)
Some players have achieved their dream of going straight to the professional league in line with the "home-warming system," which will be newly introduced in the K-League starting this season. The home-warming system considers a young player with foreign nationality as a member of a domestic amateur team for a certain period of time, and the quota per club is one when registering as a rookie in the K-League. 카지노사이트
First of all, Samuel is a Ivory Coast national, but he was born and raised in Korea, graduated from Seoul U-18 Osan High School, and joined Seoul. Samuel will challenge the professional stage with Seoul's new side resources this season with his explosive speed and powerful shooting.
Osei, a Ghanaian, joined Daegu through a free agent. Osei has the advantage of being able to play both wing forwards by banking on his ability to break through one-on-one.